Who is Randall Stross and how did he get his head so far up his hindquarters?

[Jesús Díaz Blanco]

Well, no surprise there. Fact is that many columnists/writers/ 
bloggers are seriously "massaged" and "convinced" by PR companies  
working for plenty of high tech businesses (and in any other  
industries, it is exactly the same).

It's not fanboyism. It's perks, power playing and "today for you,  
tomorrow for me". One hand washes the other, or whatever you say in  
english.

I know because they tried with me but it never happened: they didn't  
offered enough money for me to silence my silly morals.

I hope the PR companies reading this list would notice the emphasis  
in «enough» in the phrase above. ;-)

j.

On 14/01/2007, at 15:37, David Herren wrote:

> <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/business/yourmoney/14digi.html? 
> ex=1326430800&en=2c5efe51f9d74dd8&ei=5090>
>
> (you have to be registered, but it's free) Some select quotations:
>
>> STEVE JOBS, Apple’s showman nonpareil, provided the first public  
>> glimpse of the iPhone last week — gorgeous, feature-laden and  
>> pricey. While following the master magician’s gestures, it was  
>> easy to overlook a most disappointing aspect: like its slimmer  
>> iPod siblings, the iPhone’s music-playing function will be limited  
>> by factory-installed “crippleware.”
>
>
> He goes on to bash FairPlay, throwing around some pretty harsh  
> words, and THEN, essentially glosses over the fact that Microsoft  
> has totally screwed their customers by dropping one copy protection  
> scheme in exchange for another on the zune, Is there harsh language  
> for MS? Of course not. And they call mac users Fan Boys..
>
>
> /david
>
> --
> david herren - shoreham, vt us na terra solsys orionarm
>
> Israel is the problem. The US just makes it worse.
>
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